Menards Milwaukee Road Boxcar

Are the trucks held on by screws or bolts?

Andrew

Looked at the ad - says it's diecast but the description says these have resin bodies. I think that's pretty heavy material and perhaps contributes to the wobbling. Curious to know who makes these cars.

Fed X - Tracking shows my package coming Wed. July 23    Two boxcars.

Milwaukee Road

Wisconsin Central 

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Trainroomgary,

When your boxcars arrive snap a couple pics and post them here, I'm interested in the MILW car.

The two that I have on order are to be delivered at our local Menards Wed. No shipping charges if delivered to your local Menards for pick-up.

That air brake part and center still at the bottom of the cars looks williams........

falconservice-Andrew, the wheels are held on by "C" clip, ring, clamp. I'm not sure if I am calling it by its right name but for the life of me I can't think of the correct name. There is a shaft on the truck that goes through the frame. The shaft has a head on it. Next there is a washer placed over the shaft. Lastly, this "C" ring is put on the shaft just under the head of the shaft.  By adding another washer, the wobbliness would be taken care of. I hope you understand what I am trying to say!

The body is about 3/32 thick. It seems like plastic to me but I don't know what a resin cast would feel or look like.

The Trucks are held to the Metal Frame by a rivet

I think this is the word MilwRdPaul is looking for. Rivet • See 2 still photos below.

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I am still having issues with embedding videos, this is a YT Video, showing the boxcar being taken apart. Below is the YT Link to video, maybe the Web Master. Mr. Melvin can fix this issue. Sorry Rich.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzPCsny-UxY

Photo of Truck, you can see the Rivet, black on black in the center of the truck, under the coupler frame.

Second photo, close up of a Generic Rivet  

Enjoy your new purchases.

I'm 110% sure it's manufactured by the same factory that manufactures Bachmann/Williams cars. Same body, trucks, chassis. The metal door guides with rivet retainers is exactly like current WbB cars. If I buy a Menards car  I bet the mold marks inside the body are a perfect match too. 

Hi AMC Dave

    Yes the bottom looks like Williams, even before Bachman took over. The air brake is the give away, I have a lot of Williams rolling stock with this air brake.

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